UNIT X UNIT 5 | 179 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Write: The Story of Arachne Do you agree with Athene’s decision to turn Arachne into a spider? Explain your answer. DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Before writing their responses to Activity B, have students work in pairs to discuss the characters. Provide a model response for students to follow: I am like Friend-of-Fish. He is funny. I try to make people laugh, too. But Friend-of-Fish is more powerful than I am. I cannot make fish laugh. Amplify Have students role play scenes in the stories that express their similarities and differences with a character. Direct students to explain how they are and are not like the character. For dissimilar traits, have them act out what they would do differently. Discuss the Reading A Ask and answer questions Have students work in pairs to discuss the questions. Allow plenty of time for discussion before pairs share their ideas with the class. Remind students to point out where in the text they found evidence for their answers to questions 2–7. ANSWERS 1. Sample answer: Arachne: I predicted the story was about pride. I was correct. Athene turned Arachne into a spider because she boasted a lot. Anansi: I predicted the story was about spiders who put the Moon in the night sky, but I was not correct. Night Sky put the Moon in the night sky. 2. Arachne’s weaving was better than hers; The sons saved Anansi from the big fish and Crow. 3. Arachne: skillful and conceited, Athene: jealous and powerful, Anansi: fair. Sample answers 4–7: 4. Arachne: suspenseful and dark; Anansi: light and comical. 5. Arachne did not have to boast; Anansi’s sons did not have to argue, they could have shared the ball by taking turns with it. 6. The myths both teach a lesson about pride and jealousy. 7. They make up a story to teach a lesson to show how something in nature happened or came to be. B • Use comparative language Say: In this activity, you are going to compare yourself to one of the characters. What kind of words can you use for comparing? Elicit a bank of comparative suffixes (-er, -est) and structures (like/not like, as … as, -er than, more ____ than, the most ____; better, worst) and write the terms on the board. • Connect to self Have volunteers read aloud the directions. Remind students to spiral back to Activity A for a word bank of personality traits. Then have students work independently to write their comparative descriptions. ANSWERS Sample answer: I am like Anansi. He is better than his sons. He is not conceited or proud, and he tries to be fair. I am not like Anansi because I know more about kids. It’s hard to share a ball, so I wouldn’t give them that gift. Practice Book pp. 95–97 Assessment Program p. 83 COMMUNICATE PRACTICE Discuss the Reading A Discuss the questions. 1. Revisit your prediction You predicted what each story was about. Were you correct? Explain. 2. Recall relevant details Why was Athene angry near the end of the story? Why did Anansi want to give his sons a reward? 3. Describe What are some of Arachne’s personality traits? What about Athene? 4. Analyze mood What is the mood of each myth? Use the pictures to help you answer. 5. Evaluate What do you think of Arachne’s behavior? What do you think of the six sons’ behavior? 6. Explain How are the myths similar? 7. Respond to the essential question How do some myths try to explain nature? B Making connections Think about the characters in the two myths. Choose a character. How are you similar to and different from this character? ACADEMIC VOCABULARY mood (noun) Definition the feeling of a story Example The rainy and cold setting gave the story a sad mood. UNIT 5 179 UNIT 5 / AFTER YOU READ
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